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Walang pasok: No classes on Monday in some NCR, Luzon areas due to expected rain

August 18, 2013 7:32pm

(Updated 10:23 p.m.) With heavy rain on Sunday and more expected rain on Monday due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm Maring (Trami), some schools in Metro Manila on Sunday evening decided to suspend classes for Monday.

Valenzuela City: There will be no classes for preschool, daycare and kinder in public and private schools. Also suspended are classes at Wawang Pulo Elementary School, Wawang Pulo National High School, Pasolo Elementary School and Caruhatan National High School.

San Juan City: Mayor Guia Gomez declared suspension of classes in all levels, preschool to college, in private and public schools.

Mandaluyong City: Mayor Benhur Abalos announced the suspension of classes from elementary to high school in both public and private schools.

Makati City: No classes in all levels, public and private, on orders of Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr.

Marikina City: Mayor Del de Guzman announced the suspension of classes in all levels, public and private.

Manila: There will also be no classes in elementary and high school, private and public, dzBB's Rowena Salvacion reported.

"Marikina River is already on Alert Level 1. Our rivers are almost near overflow. Manggahan floodway gates have been opened. We expect rains to worsen our condition. We have likewise received an orange rainfall alert which poses risks on low-lying areas," Cainta said in an advisory.

Cavite: no classes in preschool to high school, public to private, GMA TV's Bam Alegre reported.

Meanwhile, St. Scholastica's College Manila (SSC) vice president for academic affairs Prof. Virginia Fornas said in a text message that there will be no work and no classes at SSC in all levels on Monday due to the orange rainfall warning as well as there being no water in SSC because of the Maynilad water interruption. "Make-up [classes] will be done on a later date," she said. — BM/DVM, GMA News